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Schwarzenegger and son, 12, banged up in motorcycle crash

January 09, 2006|By Items compiled from Tribune news services.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger received 15 stitches in his lip Sunday after he and his 12-year-old son were in a motorcycle accident near their Los Angeles home, his spokeswoman said.

Schwarzenegger was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with his son Patrick in the sidecar when another driver backed into the street, spokeswoman Margita Thompson said in a statement.

"The governor was unable to avoid the vehicle in his path and collided with it at a low speed," she said.

Schwarzenegger and his son were treated for cuts and bruises at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica and released, Thompson said. Both were wearing helmets, she said.